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Bluegrass band Dailey & Vincent returns to Sunset Concert Series

Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent, from left, lead bluegrass band Dailey & Vincent in concert July 29 for the Sunset Concert Series at the Peg Egan Performing Arts Center in Egg Harbor.(Photo: Submitted)

EGG HARBOR - Multi-Grammy-nominated bluegrass band Dailey & Vincent returns for a seventh straight year by popular demand to play the Sunset Concert Series on Sunday night at the Peg Egan Performing Arts Center.

Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent are veterans of bluegrass music, having some 20 years of experience between the two of them from long tenures with bluegrass and country legends Doyle Lawson and Ricky Skaggs, as well as working with artists from Dolly Parton and Keith Urban to Norah Jones, Bruce Hornsby to Jimmy Sturr.

While Dailey was with Doyle Larson and Quicksilver, the band won 13 International Bluegrass Music Association awards and was nominated for five Grammys, while Vincent's tenure with Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder saw that band earn five Grammys and eight IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year awards.

In 2003, the longtime friends and colleagues were asked to perform on an album titled "Christmas Grass, Vol. 2, 2004." They recorded the Christmas song "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem" with just a guitar, mandolin and their two voices.

Their version rose to No. 1 on the Prime Cuts of Bluegrass chart, and Dailey (who plays guitar and bass and sings lead and harmony vocals) and Vincent (mandolin, bass, guitar, lead and harmony vocals) decided they would like to perform together more often and perhaps record again. This evolved into the new duo and band that would become Dailey & Vincent.

In the years since, Dailey & Vincent has been nominated for numerous awards from various bluegrass organizations as well as three Grammy Awards, including being up for Bluegrass Album of the Year in 2013 and '14 for "the Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent" and "Brothers of the Highway," respectively. The group won three straight Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year awards from 2008-10 at the International Bluegrass Music Awards, including the 2008 and '10 Album of the Year for its self-titled debut album and "Dailey & Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers," respectively.

There's also two Bluegrass Album of the Year honors from the Dove Awards. Of the seven albums the group has recorded for Rounder Records since 2008, four have reached No. 1 on the U.S. bluegrass charts, and "Brothers of the Highway" made it to No. 2. Vincent also earned three Grammy nominations as co-producer of albums by his sister Rhonda Vincent.

Dailey & Vincent take the stage at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Peg Egan PAC, located in Eames Cherry View Park on Church Street, one block east of State 42, Egg Harbor. The outdoor amphitheater offers sweeping landscapes and sunsets over the harbor, with room for 3,000 concertgoers. There are no seats, so concertgoers should bring blankets or lawn chairs. Carry-ins are allowed. Admission is free. In case of rain, this show will move to Calvary Methodist Church, 4650 Door County E, Egg Harbor.

For more information, call 920-493-5979 or visit eggharbordoorcounty.org.